Author:
Burns, James MacGregor.
Imprint:New York : The Penguin Press, c2009.
Description326 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:The first courtpackers -- John Marshall's Constitution -- The Dred decision -- War powers: Lincoln vs. Taney -- Deconstruction: Republican reversal -- A court for the gilded age -- The triumphant Mr. Taft -- FDR's boldest gamble -- "Wild horses" : the Roosevelt court -- Leadership: the Warren court -- Republicans as activists -- Hard right: the Cheney-Bush court -- Ending judicial supremacy -- The justices of the Supreme Court.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-312) and index.
Note:Recommended in Resources for College Libraries
